Abstract
This study estimated the potential impact of the nationwide shift from inpatient to outpatient care in the hospitals of Syracuse, New York, a small metropolitan area with a relatively stable population. The study employed the 3MTM All Patients Refined Diagnosis Group Severity of Illness system to identify inpatients and related utilization with the greatest potential for movement from inpatient to outpatient settings. The study data suggested that the development of additional ambulatory care capacity in Syracuse could support the reduction of an average daily census of approximately 60 - 125 patients with low severity of illness, excluding readmissions. The study data also identified the potential for shifting an average daily census of approximately 9 - 19 patients who were readmitted to hospitals within 30 days of their initial admissions from inpatient to outpatient care. The study data also identified the potential for reduction of an average daily census of approximately 20 - 70 adult medicine and adult surgery patients through continued initiatives for inpatient length of stay reduction. The impact of initiatives in each of these areas could result in a reduction of the combined average daily adult medicine and adult surgery census of the Syracuse hospitals from approximately 90 to 215 patients. This would amount to between 8 and 20 percent of the current inpatient census for adult medicine and adult surgery. These data suggest that planning for initiatives such as ambulatory care development and reduction of readmissions should also include evaluation of their impact on inpatient acute care and related services.
Highlights
In the United States, increased attention is focusing on the improvement of the efficiency and outcomes ofHow to cite this paper: Lagoe, R. and Littau, S. (2016) Estimating the Potential for Reduction of Hospital Capacity at the Community Level
This study evaluated the potential impacts of hospital efforts that will reduce inpatient utilization in the metropolitan area of Syracuse, New York
The first component of the study focused on the potential for movement of adult medicine and adult surgery inpatients, excluding inpatient readmissions, at low severity of illness to ambulatory care in the Syracuse hospitals
Summary
In the United States, increased attention is focusing on the improvement of the efficiency and outcomes ofHow to cite this paper: Lagoe, R. and Littau, S. (2016) Estimating the Potential for Reduction of Hospital Capacity at the Community Level. This attention has been supported by greater interest in improving care at the national, state, and community levels [1] [2]. Among hospitals in the United States and the communities that they serve, efforts to improve efficiency and outcomes will probably generate at least two major developments. One that is already in progress is a decline in hospital admissions Another includes efforts to reduce lengths of stay and related resource consumption for remaining inpatients at high severity of illness [3] [4]. Both of these developments will reduce the need for inpatient hospital beds and related resources
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